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March 28, 2012

CUNY Conference on The Power of Place

Please join the Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) for the CUNY Conference on The Power of Place: Asian American Neighborhoods, Politics & Activism Today, on Friday, April 27, 2012, from 9AM to 4PM, at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (34th Street), Concourse Level, Manhattan. Sponsored by the CUNY Diversity Grant, the conference is free and open to the general public. Light breakfast and lunch provided.

To RSVP for the conference, reply here, or call 212-869-0182. Please be prepared to show proper ID when entering the building for security purposes.

March 28, 2012

NYLS Annual Public Interest Auction

185 West Broadway
New York, New York 10013
April 4th, 2012
6 – 9pm in the Events Center

New York Law School cordially invites all to its annual Public Interest Auction. Proceeds from this event go towards funding law students in unpaid public interest positions over the summer. The event will include:

a silent auction
a live auction
live musical performances by students and an up and coming group from Atlanta
multi-cultural buffet dinner

Please visit www.biddingforgood.com/nylsauction for a view of the items that will be available the night of the event, as well as items available online only. Bidding for online only items closes Monday, April 2 at noon.

For more information on the NYLS Public Interest Auction, e-mail [email protected].

March 26, 2012

AABANY Legal Internship Program 2012

Applications are now being accepted for AABANY’s 2012 Legal Internship Program. Open to college students, law students and law grads, AABANY is looking for a few talented, energetic and motivated interns to help plan and organize AABANY programs and events, provide research and administrative assistance and perform other tasks and assignments to advance and promote AABANY’s mission. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis, and the details appear in the link above. Please direct any questions to Executive Director Yang Chen at [email protected].

March 24, 2012

Village Voice: Advocates Look Toward Next Redistricting Frontier: City Council Lines

Third article about ACCORD’s March 20 press conference. Here’s an excerpt:

ACCORD, along with other advocacy groups, has devoted a lot of its energy to the rapidly-growing Asian population in Queens, which has skyrocketed 300 times faster than the rest of the borough’s population over the last ten years. In this local redistricting process, Hong said he would like to see an increase in Asian-American majority Council districts in Queens.

March 24, 2012

Capital New York: Council Redistricting Bearing No Resemblance to Albany’s

Capital NY: ACCORD

Second of two articles reporting on ACCORD’s March 20 press conference at City Hall. Here’s an excerpt:

But as the fastest growing population in New York, the city’s Asian-American population is poised for the biggest gains. Originally focused on the state-level redistricting, a number of groups formed Asian-American Community Coalition on Redistricting and Democracy, or ACCORD, to address the concerns. Now looking at city council lines, members of ACCORD said that along with Flushing, already a majority-Asian district, Elmhurst and Sunset Park could potentially produce “Asian” districts.

March 24, 2012

Politicker: Minority Advocacy Organizations Set Sights On Next City Council Map

Here’s the first of three articles that reported on ACCORD’s March 20 press conference on the steps of City Hall about ACCORD moving forward to the next phase of redistricting: City Council districts.

March 21, 2012

Dear Members and Supporters:

The Puerto Rican Bar Association (PRBA) Scholarship Fund, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of its applications for the 2012-2013 PRBA Scholarship Awards Program for Latino law students. All Latino law students residing permanently or attending law school in New York State are eligible to apply for the Scholarship Awards, which range between $2,000 to $2,500, subject to availability and certain restrictions.

All applicants will be reviewed based on academics, financial need and community involvement. The scholarship awards will be presented during the 55th PRBA’s Annual Scholarship Gala to be held on May 10, 2012, at the New York Hilton, and photos of the recipients and their biographies will be published in our Scholarship Gala Journal. All recipients will be notified prior to the gala by the PRBA Scholarship Committee. For more information visit our website atwww.PRBA.net and/or to apply click here
http://www.prba.net/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=cmpContent&htmlKey=scholarshipprocess&s=prba

The deadline to submit your applications is April 13, 2012. Please review and follow all directions as only completed applications will be considered.

The PRBA, founded in New York in 1957, is one of the oldest Latino bar associations in the United States. Today, the PRBA continues its tradition of breaking down barriers to the legal profession with active members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Please spread the word of this worthwhile Scholarship program.

Thank you,

Javier E. Vargas, Esq.
PRBA Board Member & Scholarship Selection Committee Chair

March 21, 2012

ACCORD: Press Release and Fact Sheet on City Council Redistricting

On the morning of Tuesday, March 20, AABANY joined ACCORD for a press conference on the steps of City Hall to urge the City Council to advance diversity and representation of communities of color in the City Council redistricting process. To read the press release go here. To read a Fact Sheet about City Council Redistricting go here.

March 20, 2012

Chinatown Community Development After 9/11

Julie Huang shared this event with us. Here’s an excerpt:

You are invited to join your neighbors on Tuesday, March 27, beginning at 7:00 pm at Mariners’ Temple Baptist Church, to share your personal perspective on Chinatown’s development. Did the events of 9/11 change the direction of this neighborhood forever? Have some things improved? What has been neglected? Is there a unified vision of Chinatown that we can all set our sights on and work toward?

PROGRAM

– Overview of post-9/11 Chinatown, presented by Wendy Cheung, Beyond Ground Zero Network

– Audience discussion of Chinatown concerns

– Reflection and Perspective offered by:

Bethany Li, Staff Attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Jan Lee, V. P. Exec. Board of Dir. Hamilton Madison House

JoAnn Lum, Executive Director, National Mobilization Against Sweatshops

March 20, 2012

Getting Appointed to a Criminal Justice Act

The City Bar’s Minorities in the Courts Committee presents Getting Appointed to a Criminal Justice Act (“CJA”) Panel for the 2nd Circuit and the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 p.m.
Location: New York City Bar Association, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY
Cost: There is no charge for this program

Members of the CJA panel represent persons charged with federal criminal offenses who are financially unable to obtain counsel. Panelists representing the CJA Panels for the Eastern and Southern Districts and the 2nd Circuit will discuss the appointment and application process; the prestige of being appointed; the need for to further diversity; mentorship programs, which were created to assist in increasing the number of minority and women applicants and panel members; and other available resources to get on these panels.